How the Music Cooperative is Helping People Discover New Artists

By Jordan Medina

youbloom is a global music cooperative network that is committed to helping new and emerging artists gain fans and start playing shows. Despite the ongoing pandemic that has prevented many artists from playing live shows for over two years, youbloom is committed to bringing live music experiences back.

Brandy Corlett spoke about her experiences as a fan of youbloom artists. Brandy also works as a Show Creator for youbloom, and has a multitude of experiences in the music industry under her belt, including writing blogs for youbloom, which can be found here. Show Creators work as partners with youbloom to help put on shows, and are a part of the booking, producing, and promotional processes for youbloom’s live experiences.

“I found youbloom on Indeed.com while I was searching for jobs within the music industry,” says Corlett.

“Through youbloom, I’ve been able to discover Ashley Pater.” Pater is an award winning singer-songwriter from British Columbia, Canada who performs alternative pop music.

“Attending virtual shows as a fan was definitely a highlight, especially during the pandemic that shut the music industry down,” emphasizes Corlett.

I attended almost all of youbloom’s virtual shows last year on Zoom. I wrote a review about their first virtual world tours. Each Show Creator did a Q&A with each act after their performance, so it was engaging for the audience to participate during the virtual show. The audience was worldwide, allowing fans to connect from all over the world as well as the artists and bands.”

When asked about youbloom’s work, Corlett expressed praise youbloom’s model. “The artist requesting model is a great way for fans to bring artists and bands to their city. Fans get to help emerging artists and bands grow their fanbase.”

To apply to become a Show Creator for your city, apply on our website, and be sure to check out our Spotify playlists to discover your next favorite artist!

How youbloom is Helping Artists Play Virtual Shows Around the Globe

By Jordan Medina

Even during the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many independent artists are desperate to play shows and return to a vague sense of normalcy in rapidly changing and thoroughly challenging times. youbloom, however, didn’t want to see the industry collapse as venue closures and tour postponements became regular occurrences. Online shows became a space for artists to maintain the feeling of playing shows while ensuring the health and safety of everyone involved.

Marcelo Machedo of Loss, an emerging band based in Brazil, spoke about the impact youbloom has had on his career thus far. He says he found youbloom through the website Sonicbids, a site that helps connect artists to venues. youbloom’s network and opportunities to connect with bands and producers on a more international level drew Loss to the platform. Being able to play shows outside of Brazil has been a massive highlight for the singer. Attracting fans in other countries and playing shows in Los Angeles and Dublin have also been major highlights of partnering with youbloom.

As online shows and festivals became common for artists across the world to participate in during the pandemic, Loss describes these unusual circumstances as a series of very complete experiences for him and his band. Internet promotion has also become a big part of the band’s work in replace of live shows. Marcelo is looking forward to the real return of live music and is eager to play at a live youbloom show in the future.

While live shows are slowly beginning to make a comeback in many parts of the world, it still may be some time before things return to the way they were prior to the pandemic. youbloom continues to be a platform for artists to connect virtually so artists are ready for when in-person shows become more prevalent internationally.

Be sure to check out Loss’ music and sign up to co-market with youbloom today!

How youbloom Creates Live Music Experiences

By: Andreas Sfiridis

There are many things that go into creating a live music show with youbloom, and you can be a part of it by becoming a CityRep, host, fan and/or artist. All four play an important part in creating live music experiences that when combined allow for impactful and magical music experiences for all music fans

youbloom brings together four main important personas to create unforgettable live music experiences. First, starting with the venue, or host located in a good location. Venues should fulfill several requirements such as  having enough space, necessary permits and equipment. youbloom also prefers to have shows at smaller venues for a more unique and intimate experience, so a venue with the  capacity of between 25-100 could be a great fit. If you personally own an open space with seating capacity, you can offer your space to host a youbloom event. Visit youbloom.com/host to get started. After the venue is selected, there are other requirements necessary for a youbloom show to be officially set up.

After securing a venue, the next step is to recruit artists to perform. youbloom creates a unique live music experience from having particularly 3 artists performing at each show, usually at small venues. Typically artists are found from diligent youbloom CityReps who work behind the scenes to find artists and hosts to get in the venue and play. Artists can also Apply to Play on youbloom’s website to join which will allow artists to join the artist team if approved. If you are an artist looking to play more shows, visit youbloom.com/artist-apply to sign up and Apply to Play for youbloom shows. When venues are secured and set up, artists around the area will be notified to perform their music for many welcoming fans, new fans and listeners to share a unique live music experience with youbloom.

The venue and artists are all ready to begin their show with youbloom, but before the show there must be fans and tickets to be sold. youbloom allows you to sign up to join a fan catalog to get notified about upcoming shows around the area. By being a youbloom fan, you can also request artists that you want to see live and youbloom will professionally reach out to the artist to be a part of team youbloom. By requesting artists, you also receive discounted show tickets. Learn more and get started at youbloom.com/request to join the youbloom fan community.

In order for a youbloom show to occur, someone has to connect with all parties mentioned above to bring it all together. . That’s where youbloom CityReps come into play to set up a show by collecting information from both hosts and artists. After a CityRep successfully sets up a show for their region, CityReps profit 75% of the ticket sales. But that’s not all, they also get the satisfaction of creating long lasting memories of live music experiences for all music lovers to enjoy. If you are interested in becoming a CityRep, please visit https://youbloom.com/cityrep/ to get started.

All in all, hosts, artists, fans, and CityReps all come together as a community on youbloom to create unforgettable, long-lasting memories through live shows.  From artist booking, fan requesting and ticket sales to venue location and CityRep management, youbloom is a platform for all music enthusiasts. If you are interested in getting involved, please visit youbloom.com to learn more about how you can join the youbloom team!

By Hunter Basham

Learn About How You Can See Your Favorite Artists Live in Your Own City 

It can be really hard for music fans to see artists they love live, especially when you listen to smaller or independent artists. Maybe the artists you love aren’t coming to your city, or maybe you cannot afford to spend all the money on expensive tickets and transportation. To make matters worse, with Covid-19 now halting many live performances, fans need to see artists play shows again just as much as artists need to start playing live. But what can we, as fans, do about this? youbloom has the answer. By requesting artists, you can actually see your favorite artists play live in your city at an affordable price! 

So, what is artist requesting? By signing up for youbloom and creating an account, you can submit a request form for the artist you want to see. You can do this as many times as you want, and if the artist you want isn’t already in our database, we will reach out to them for you. youbloom has a growing network of Hosts and CityReps who will make these live shows happen and fans can even decide to host the live events themselves if they want! Once enough requests have been submitted, youbloom will contact you with information on the show and a link to purchase the discounted tickets.

Still not convinced? When you request an artist and a show is scheduled for your city, you will automatically receive a 25% discount on the tickets to the shows of the artists you have requested! That’s not all: By asking your friends to also request artists, you can become a “street team fan”. This is essentially a superfan, in which you spread the word to generate requests for artists and in turn earn rewards. 

Another benefit of artist requesting is that instead of having thousands of individual fans travel to see an artist live, youbloom allows artists to travel to the fans, reducing environmental impact and making your life easier. The artist requesting process is easy and quick to complete and the rewards you get in return are all too worth it. 

By going to youbloom’s website https://www.youbloom.com/artist-request/, you can start requesting artists today and enjoy unforgettable, discounted shows like no other!

By Majo Saravia